. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 156 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. valuable inasmuch as they produce flowers in the depth of winter as well as in the height of summer. In recent years the older kind of the three in culti- vation has become one of the commonest of stove plants, and, moreover, is largely grown in market flower gardens, the perennial yield of flowers making it a most profitable plant to grow. No bridal bou- quet or funeral wreath is now considered perfect unless it contains the Eucharis, and as the flowers, on account of their firm texture, en- dure so long in a fresh sta
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 156 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. valuable inasmuch as they produce flowers in the depth of winter as well as in the height of summer. In recent years the older kind of the three in culti- vation has become one of the commonest of stove plants, and, moreover, is largely grown in market flower gardens, the perennial yield of flowers making it a most profitable plant to grow. No bridal bou- quet or funeral wreath is now considered perfect unless it contains the Eucharis, and as the flowers, on account of their firm texture, en- dure so long in a fresh state after cutting, they are specially adapted for these pur- poses. As the blooms open one by one in the clus- ters, it is not usual to cut ftS the whole _-J§| spike, but .-3= merely the :§y expanded 0â blooms,which j^"' have stalks lj two or three *' -% inches long, quite suffi- cient for ar- ranging them in bouquets, wreaths, &c. The true beauty of the Eucharis flowers when cut, however, can only be seen when the whole spike is cut and placed in water. It is then most interesting to see the beautiful way in which the flower-buds unfold one after the other. To really enjoy the Eucharis, therefore, the spikes must be cut and placed in a simple vase, and arranged with a few of its own leaves. There are three species of Eucharis grown in gardens. Of these the commonest and best known is E. Amazonica.âThis is the finest of the three, and is so generally cult: vated that it scarcely needs description. When well grown its flowers are as much as four inches across, and good spikes bear as many as eight, nine, and ten flowers in an umbel- like cluster on stems ranging from eighteen inches to three feet high. The foliage is handsome, being broad and of a deep green. The most abundant crops of flowers are produced during the spring months, but intermittent crops appear throughout the year. This plant was first brought to Europe from New Grenada in 1854. Its correct name
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